Rollers are over-rated
03-05-10 | 01:03 PM
#26
Will rollers help you on downhill descents? No.
Will they help you in a fast paceline? Yes.
Will they make other riders in a breakaway want to keep you there? Yes- if you're a **** and hard to ride behind you aren't helping the break and people will want to shed you.
03-05-10 | 01:44 PM
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Facepalm
03-05-10 | 02:00 PM
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Dude, even my cat likes rollers.
I have done a lot of my endurance work/tempo intervals/recovery rides on my rollers this winter and they're completely awesome and have helped immensely with both my fitness and my form.
Also, have you really ever heard anyone claim that rollers help you on descents? They're great for a lot of things, but I think you may be tilting at windmills on that one...
I have done a lot of my endurance work/tempo intervals/recovery rides on my rollers this winter and they're completely awesome and have helped immensely with both my fitness and my form.
Also, have you really ever heard anyone claim that rollers help you on descents? They're great for a lot of things, but I think you may be tilting at windmills on that one...
03-05-10 | 02:00 PM
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Okay, seriously, someone's got to explain to me about the whole "riding downhill" thing. I'm not getting it.
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03-05-10 | 02:09 PM
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03-06-10 | 01:56 PM
#31
E-motion rollers help with downhills.
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03-06-10 | 02:07 PM
#33
just checking to see if you're online and how fast you reply.
good job!
good job!
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03-06-10 | 02:12 PM
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oh wow, good luck!
is this a RR or crit?
is this a RR or crit?
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03-06-10 | 03:46 PM
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Dude. Good luck.
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"If youre new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, youd probably get faster." --the tiniest sprinter
Cat 2 Track, Cat 3 Road.
"If youre new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, youd probably get faster." --the tiniest sprinter
03-06-10 | 04:48 PM
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I can get a better workout on my rollers at settings 1-2 than I ever could on my Cycleops Fluid 2. And I don't get bored on them either.
And I blew away my best time on my 50 mile route this afternoon.
So I would argue they do work.
03-06-10 | 05:55 PM
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